Shloka : 63

भगवन्मन्दिरं सर्वै: सायं गन्तव्यमन्वहम् ।

नामसंङ्कीर्तनं कार्यं तत्रोच्चै राधिकापते: ॥ 63 ॥

અને અમારા જે સર્વે સત્સંગી તેમણે નિત્યપ્રત્યે સાયંકાળે ભગવાનના મંદિર પ્રત્યે જવું, અને તે મંદિરને વિષે શ્રીરાધિકાજીના પતિ એવા જે શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાન તેમના નામનું ઉચ્ચસ્વરે કરીને કીર્તન કરવું. ॥ 63 ॥

And all my devotees should go to the temple of God every evening and in the temple they should sing the praise of Shri Krishna Bhagwan, Lord of Shri Radhikaji, loudly. || 63 ||

Commentary

All the devotees of Shriji Maharaj should go to the temple of God every evening. Women should go to the women’s temple and men should go to the men’s temple. In the temple, the devotees should sing loudly the Kirtans describing the virtues of Shri Swaminar­ayan Bhagwan and His Anantkoti Muktas. That means they should sing Godi, Aarti, Astak, Stotra etc. loudly. Here, the term 'loudly' implies that the devotees feel possessed by the experi­ence of bliss due to the vision of God. As a result, they start singing loudly. The devotees should sing the Kirtans written by the contemporary saints describing the divine form of Shri Hari, His playful character, teachings and festivals. They should recite the name 'Swaminarayan' loudly and simultaneously clap hands. The devotees should perform the singing in controlled manner. Men should bow down using the eight limbs and women should bow down using five limbs. Then they should perform the 'Pradakshina' around the idol of Shri Hari, worship and recitation etc.

Moreover, according to the scriptures, by visiting the temple of God in the early morning, sins committed during night are de­stroyed; by visiting the temple in the afternoon, all the sins committed in this birth are destroyed and by visiting the temple in the evening all the sins committed in past seven births are destroyed. Therefore, Shri Hari has instructed to visit the temple of God in the evening.